Overview
- Top seeds Thamela and Vic, the world ranking leaders, swept Italy’s Gottardi and Orsi Toth 2–0.
- Carol and Rebecca edged Olympic silver medalists Melissa and Brandie of Canada 2–1 to claim the other semifinal berth for Brazil.
- Thamela and Vic will meet Latvia’s Tina Graudina and Anastasija Samoilova in Saturday’s semifinal.
- Carol and Rebecca are slated to face Americans Kristen Nuss and Taryn Brasher in the other semifinal, per the latest schedule.
- On the men’s side, Evandro and Arthur Lanci exited in the quarterfinals with two 22–20 losses to Sweden’s Olympic champions Ahman and Hellvig.